WP's Leon Perera apologised in Parliament for misrepresenting facts that Mediacorp edited a Parliament video.
He justified himself with 'failed memory' and continued to give a FALSE impression that the issue was 'resolved amicably' with Mediacorp.
There was nothing for Leon Perera to resolve with Mediscorp because even before he had sent his first email to Mediacorp, Mediacorp had already rectified the video.
When rectification was done even before he had raised the issue with Mediacorp, what was there to resolve?
More than 8 months after the debates in Parliament on the presidency in February 2017, WP's NCMP Leon Perera made a serious accusation on Nov 7.
He claimed that Mediacorp had put up the video with “certain bits removed”, and that the broadcaster made a rectification ONLY AFTER he communicated with them.
The TRUTH is that Mediacorp had in fact rectified the clip and put the full exchange online on Feb 18, two days BEFORE Mr Perera had emailed the company on Feb 20.
Mediacorp had explained to Mr Perera on the same day of his email that a technical issue had affected the recording, resulting in a truncated recording.
With this knowledge, he still went to Parliament and deliberately misrepresented the facts of the matter.
Parliamentarians enjoy a special privilege of immunity when they speak in Parliament. They should respect the sacredness of Parliament and the special privilege accorded to them and not belittle the importance of the Chamber in which they stand and speak.
